| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark |
| 1 | 8 | 1358 | BOKOR-INGRAM Dominic | 1968 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 53.96 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2853 | POETA Massimiliano | 1972 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 54.19 Q |
| 3 | 8 | 1467 | GARDINER Michael | 1968 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 54.20 Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3745 | SUNNEBORN Mattias | 1970 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 54.41 Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3606 | HAEGG Patrik | 1972 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 54.44 Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2113 | LACHMANN Bernd | 1968 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 54.53 Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3760 | WALLIN Peter | 1971 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 54.57 Q |
| 8 | 8 | 892 | MUTLI Andrus | 1969 | M45 | EST ESTONIA | 54.60 Q |
| 9 | 7 | 1681 | TAPLIN Christopher | 1968 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 54.63 Q |
| 10 | 1 | 863 | VALLADARES GOYA Marcos | 1972 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 54.78 q |
| 11 | 1 | 3533 | NIKO Jozef | 1970 | M45 | SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIK | 55.01 Q |
| 12 | 3 | 1745 | BANSA Matthias | 1970 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 55.26 q |
| 13 | 4 | 1350 | BENEDICKTER Peter | 1969 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 55.27 q |
| 14 | 6 | 819 | RAMIREZ Donato | 1969 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 55.28 q |
| 15 | 5 | 82 | DAWYNDT Frank | 1970 | M45 | BEL BELGIUM | 55.48 q |
| 16 | 2 | 2691 | ACCIACCAFERRI Pierluigi | 1968 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 55.84 q |
| 17 | 3 | 2298 | RITTER Joerg | 1969 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 56.12 |
| 18 | 4 | 1612 | OSUNSAMI Michael Olu | 1969 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 56.14 |
| 19 | 1 | 3523 | CHOVAN Pavol | 1971 | M45 | SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIK | 56.51 |
| 20 | 4 | 2097 | KROHN Mirko | 1968 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 56.61 |
| 21 | 3 | 2852 | PISTILLO Maurizio | 1971 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 56.71 |
| 22 | 4 | 3750 | TEGNER Henrik | 1970 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 57.24 |
| 23 | 5 | 1902 | GIEFERS Christoph | 1971 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 57.28 |
| 24 | 7 | 2403 | SPARFELD Mike | 1968 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 57.58 |
| 25 | 2 | 3236 | STOKVOLD Anders | 1972 | M45 | NOR NORWAY | 57.70 |
| 26 | 6 | 3819 | SYRMOLOTOV Oleksandr | 1968 | M45 | UKR UKRAINE | 57.93 |
| 27 | 5 | 3346 | STEPNIAK Radoslaw | 1971 | M45 | POL POLAND | 58.56 |
| 28 | 3 | 2838 | PATRIARCA Massimo | 1971 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 59.17 |
| 29 | 6 | 3120 | VAN DER ELST Lourens | 1968 | M45 | NED NETHERLANDS | 1:00.08 |
| 30 | 6 | 2151 | MACK Andreas | 1970 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 1:00.19 |
| 31 | 4 | 3327 | PECZEK Adam | 1972 | M45 | POL POLAND | 1:00.30 |
| 32 | 7 | 2291 | RINGEL Rainer | 1970 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 1:00.70 |
| 33 | 7 | 1541 | LAUDER Nick | 1970 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 1:02.02 |
| 34 | 8 | 3310 | MACULEWICZ Marcin | 1972 | M45 | POL POLAND | 1:02.63 |
| 35 | 5 | 3208 | NEDREGAARD Svein Oskar | 1968 | M45 | NOR NORWAY | 1:10.37 |
| | 5 | 2560 | TSIOLIS Konstantinos | 1972 | M45 | GRE GREECE | DNF |
| | 7 | 177 | SKEETE Marcus (FC) | 1967 | M45 | CAN CANADA | 56.60 |
| | 2 | 178 | WILLIAMS Lawrence (FC) | 1970 | M45 | CAN CANADA | DNF |
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